Union-garment.



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'Pmentedsepf-- 10, 1918'l z suti'rssuen l.

Ammers UNITED AsTnT'Esy PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER n. s'rnavn, or ro'rTs'YILLn, PENNSYLVANIA, AssniNonor ONE-HALF To FRANK c. YINGST, or Pon'T cnnnoN, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION-GARMENT.

specimen-.gfumrahmt. pfgten'td sept, 10,1918,

Application al'edlmigusf 1 1', 1913. teria-1 No. 784,222.

To all whom z'tmay' concern:

Beit known thatI I, WALTER B. STR-bn, a

citizen of the United States; and aresident' i `of Pottsyillepin the county otSchu'j/lki'll iand State of Pennsylvania.l have made cer garment or allowing the garment, owing' to' strains lupon t, to distort other parts of the clothlor to' eausedisconifort 'of the wearer.

,Ifurther seek to'so 'distribute the strains as'to increase the durability of the ga-rment 4' and to; cause the gar-ment to maintain 'a comparatively neat appearance. Y I also seek t'o give the garment thatin manipulating lit th'ewe'arer- 1s discommoded to the slightest possible extent. VThese'and other objects of theinvention are more clearly brought out in the following' description.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters indicate iike parts. Figure ,1 Vis a fragmentary perspective show" the garment inuse as it'. appears when Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the main portion of the arment as it appeasswhen the wearer lstan s erect',4 and Fig; `3 a perspective View of the garment. fromlthe rear, a part of the upper portion 'of the garment be 1n Abroken away,

- e rontQof back portion 10 are secured-.together by vertical side seams; A band 11o knit, woven, or other very elastic fabric -is connected with the lower edge .of the back portion 10.

A broad band 12 is attached to the elastic,

11, the ends-of the same being secured to the 'side edges of the'front` 9, as will be readilyv understood.

-Thelegitrunk' 1.3 is formed by the down-V ward contmuaton ofthe front -9 and by the back portion extending forward-1n the form of a broad flap. The triangular piece e wearer bending his body side wise lto an unusualextent.

the garment andthe upper or'gore 14 is attached along one edgeto the 'front 9 Vand ntf-its upper edge t'o the elasticy band 11, so that its innerside has an Oblique position. 'The udjac'ent'portion of the'lap is nn obtuse angle, its side edge and thel gore meeting on the oblique. iine. 4The flap is secured to the uppernner corner of the ore 11 by meansoi t single' button 1.6, which passes through a button-'hole 417 in the flap.

A 'tape strip 3.4 extends along another edge of the gore piece and. well down into thefadjacent leg trunk-13 to which it'is firn'lly secured. The garment is provided withV an opening 14h belenT the back member 12 and is-provided with a flap 15 for the 'purpose of closing said opening. This open 'mgg'fupon itsi'slde to the leftf'is seculled Ldirectlyto the back'rneniber 12' and reaches to l the upper` edge of the-same.

The flap-may be raised or lowered, 'as will be understood 'rom'Figs l and''. A' button 16 i's mounted up'onthe-gore piece 11i at a. point adjacent'one of the upper/corners thereof and the vflap 15 is provided. with a button hole i7 formatting this button.

AS may be understood fromi Fig: '2 the flap 15, though Vreach-ingjat.the left side into engagement with thele''t edge of the front facing 9 does not reach entirelyaerossto the right. That is to say, theia-p 15 merely reaches a little beyond the ad1ecent edge 'of the gore piece 14,`the flap and the 'gore 'peeetogether reachngentlrely across the garment. from .side to side. 1 .7

When 4a personfwearing thls 'garment bends over, as indicated for instance 1n Flg.

,1, there is' of? course Some strain thrown upon the garment. Owing however, to the location and structure ofthe gore/piecev 14 V'and parts immediately associated therewith,

the' strain is transmitted downwardly through this gore ieeeto' the ad'acent-'leg trunk 13, as' may e understood romFig.- 1. Gwng to the permanent connection between the opposite ed e of the flap land the adjacent parts (see le t of Fig. the strain .will be well distributed on the left side according to this gure, if the wearer of they garment should' bend to the right; In practice all that is necessarf," in order to lower theflap 15. is to release a single button and in restoring the l'ap to normal ostion this .button is pushed through fthe Euttonhole 17. u n

As shown in Figs. and 3, the button. 1.6

is located a considerable distance from the vertical side seam ofthe garment and at- I tached, as before stated, to the corner of the gore.` In other words, the button 16 is 'located at a point, about half way between the middle of the back and a side seam of the and at the same en-the wearer is arment.-

I c aim: t t 1. In a. union garment comprising a body having the usualfront legs, and upperback Vmanently. closed crotch, an opening 'wv ose por on, a transverses astio band secured to and endent from the back ortion, a sub' s tantlally triangular gore w ose side edlge is secured to the front and at its top to t e lower edge of the elastic-band, .a single flap whose free portion` .forms an obtuse angle, and a button4 for securing said fia at its corner, t'hesame being located at t e inner upper corner of the gore and thus at a garment.

2. A union garment comprising a bod having the usual front, legs, and upper bac portion' a substantiall triangular gore seiong one side e ge to the front of the garment and at its tp edge to the back portion of the same, and a single Hap whose free edge -form's an. obtuse angle, one edge of which, when the flap closed, overlies the obli ue edge of the gore, and a' button locate at thepupper acute 'angle of the gore and serving 'to secure the fiap in closed position, as described.

3. A union undergarmenthaving a er- A ulpper edge extends only partially across back of the und`ergarment and termi -outs r. arment and 'permanentl between the middle and side of lthe nates |at one end short of the side line of said garment, the opening .at such side of the glurn'ient then.j'extend1n down to the e of one ofthe legs, t e latter bein permanently closed below the terminus o said opening, and means for detachably fastening the drop seat fiap defined by said opening.

4. In ,a garment havin a posterior opening, a lisp for closing sai opening, the said iap integral with zthe crotch portionof the fastenedV along egwhole of one ofA its ateral edges and l along the other lateral ed e up to a point' above the crotch, the sai iap presentn a side opening extending from the sait point to the u-pperend of the last named ateral edge and'detachably secured to the garment at its said upper end of said edge,

the s aid fla providing a suliicient-fullness to afford t e required Osterior opening when the iiap is folded guck along a line reaching from the said point on on`e lateral edge of the fia said permanently fastened lateral edge.

5.A union undergarnrent having a permanently closed crotch and a back opening Whose upper ed e extends from one side of the garment on y partially across the back and terminates at its other en d at a distance from the other side ofthe garment with the side of the opening extending from such' end of the top edgeto the outside of the adjacent leg of the arment and Vthe lowerend of saidleg being permanently closed, a flap forl closing said 'back opening and means for detachably fastening said Hap.

WALTER B. STRAUB.

to the upper end of the 

